MARTIN: DER STURM

Various artists, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra/Fischer

Hyperion CDA67821/3

For its first full-length recording of a
foreign-language opera, Hyperion
tackles a challenge. Frank martin’s version of
Shakespeare’s The Tempest bubbles with human emotion rather
than ethereality, delivered
in austere Sprechgesang. A fine cast,
deftly directed by Thierry Fischer in
this live recording from Amsterdam, rewards
careful listening.